Since 1972, the Landsat program has been continually monitoring the Earth, to now provide
50 years of digital, multispectral, medium spatial resolution observations. Over this time …

Remote sensing has developed into an omnipresent technology in the scientific field of
forestry and is also increasingly used in an operational fashion. However, the pace and level …

Abstract Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) map** products are essential for various
environmental studies, including ecological environmental assessments, resource …

Land cover (LC) determines the energy exchange, water and carbon cycle between Earth's
spheres. Accurate LC information is a fundamental parameter for the environment and …

In China, the demand for a more precise perception of the national land surface has become
most urgent given the pace of development and urbanization. Constructing a very-high …

Over past decades, a lot of global land-cover products have been released; however, these
still lack a global land-cover map with a fine classification system and spatial resolution …

The global demand for food and bioenergy changes associated with land use and land
cover change (LULCC) has raised concerns about the environment, global warming, and …

In May 2019, Collection 2 of the Copernicus Global Land Cover layers was released. Next to
a global discrete land cover map at 100 m resolution, a set of cover fraction layers is …

Earth system science has changed rapidly due to global environmental changes and the
advent of Earth observation technology. Therefore, new tools are required to monitor …

Artificial impervious areas are predominant indicators of human settlements. Timely,
accurate, and frequent information on artificial impervious areas is critical to understanding …